YOUR ELI ORIENTATION

Meet the Staff

Get to know the people of the English Language Institute.

Renison English Language Institute

Get to know the staff who will help you have a memorable experience learning English!

Keely Cook helps develop the curriculum (the content you learn in your courses) for the Bridge to Academic Success (BASE) program, and the summer intensive Bridge to Academic Success program (iBASE).
Keely also manages the instructors who will help you improve your English and prepare you for academic studies at the University of Waterloo.
Keely can be contacted by email at keely@uwaterloo.ca.

Elizabeth Matthews helps develop the curriculum (the content you will be learning) for the English For Academic Success (EFAS) program.
Elizabeth also manages the instructors who help you improve your English and prepare you for academic studies in an educational institution.
Elizabeth can be contacted by email at elizabeth.matthews@uwaterloo.ca.

Stephen Hill helps develop the curriculum (the content you will be learning) for the General English at Renison (GEAR), English For Success (EFS), and English, Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (eSTEM) programs, as well as the Essential Soft Skills in English courses at Renison.
Stephen also manages all the instructors who help you improve your conversational English.
Stephen can be contacted at stephen.hill@uwaterloo.ca.

Your Peer Leaders are hard-working fellow students who are here to help you practice your English, provide friendly guidance, and help everyone socialize through fun online activities.
Your Peer Leaders are upper-year University of Waterloo students who are studying in various programs. They have lots of helpful information for students who are new to Renison and the University of Waterloo.

Your Peer Leaders are hard-working fellow students who are here to help you practice your English, provide friendly guidance, and help everyone socialize through fun online activities.
Your Peer Leaders are upper-year University of Waterloo students who are studying in various programs. They have lots of helpful information for students who are new to Renison and the University of Waterloo.

Michele Parrott is Renison ELI's Administrative Assistant.
Michele, or as we in the ELI Office call her, "The Boss", is our Jacqueline-of-all-trades; she manages individual student applications, drafts Letters of Acceptance, and helps students with tuition and fee payments.
Michele assists with orientation and student placement testing, and works behind-the-scenes to keep Renison ELI running like clockwork!
Email Michele at eli@uwaterloo.ca.

Ryan Connell is your Interim Assistant Director of Housing and Student Life.
Ryan oversees the Housing and Student Life department at Renison. Ryan also develops programming and resources to help students develop the skills necessary to succeed in their studies.
Ryan works with your Peer Leaders to help deliver exciting and engaging events for all of you!
Email Ryan at ryan.connell@uwaterloo.ca.

A.J. Dixon is your Student Advisor.
A.J. helps students with any questions they have about English language studies, the University of Waterloo, and university life.
A.J. hosts check-in meetings with students in our BASE and EFAS programs to see how their classes are going and share helpful resources.
A.J. also hosts 1-on-1 Meet-Ups to helps students build their time management skills, organizational skills, study skills, and more!
Email A.J. at aj.dixon@uwaterloo.ca .

Andrea Brandt is Renison ELI's Administrative Officer.
Andrea works with international universities and colleges to register larger groups of students for our programs.
Andrea also works with Ryan, Michele, and Jen to assist international groups with any special needs or services they may require while they study with Renison ELI.
Andrea helps with many behind-the-scenes services for all our programs, such as library accounts and gym passes.
Email Andrea at andrea.brandt@uwaterloo.ca.

He's the Moose with the Most! That's right, Renison's very own mascot, Reni Moose, is the life of the party, and he loves welcoming new Renison students both in-person and online!
Reni doesn't have email, but he loves to make special guest appearances on social media (What can we say? He loves selfies!). Keep an eye on Renison's social media accounts to see if everyone's favourite moose has something special to share that day.